FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Manufacturing · Primarily MI · PERM filings 2020–2025

#127 top sponsor

Overview

FORD MOTOR COMPANY is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 529 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2025. That places it #127 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 372 were certified (70.3% approval rate), taking about 269 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in MI, and the median sponsored wage is $104,492.

529

PERM filings

70.3%

approval

2

denied

$104,492

median wage

269d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 415 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (84%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India350
  • China39
  • Canada8
  • South Korea3
  • Malaysia2
  • Bangladesh2
  • Lebanon2
  • Brazil1
  • Oman1
  • Thailand1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B402
  • TN3
  • L-12
  • O-12
  • F-12
  • E-21
  • Not in USA1

Education

  • Master's273
  • Bachelor's116
  • Doctorate20
  • None4
  • Other2

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations FORD MOTOR COMPANY most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 108 $108,294
Mechanical Engineers 86 $104,985
Software Developers, Applications 77 $108,373
Automotive Engineers 43 $90,621
Electrical Engineers 42 $104,568
Software Developers 41 $95,915
Validation Engineers 19 $81,459
Statisticians 16 $101,473
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 16 $104,492
Computer and Information Systems Managers 14 $126,405

Common job titles

Product Development Engineer 36 Software Development Engineer 24 Embedded Controls Software Engineer 21 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation Engineer 20 Software Engineer 20 Systems Engineer 15 Anchor Engineer 14 Data Scientist 12 Research Engineer 11 Vehicle Electrification Controls and Systems Engineer 10 Embedded Software Engineer - Front End Web Technologies 9 Product Manager (Foundational Products) 8

Worksite states

MI 469 CA 27 FL 25 IL 5 KY 2 AZ 1

Wage range

$93,527

25th

$104,492

median

$114,421

75th

$122,408

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP387
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, & Loewy LLP114
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Lowey LLP12
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP9
  • Fragomen, Bernsen Loewy LLP2
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP2

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-20190-74035 Advanced Vehicle Systems Core EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jun 23, 2021
A-20189-73545 Automated Driving Engineer - Advanced Simulation ToolsCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jun 23, 2021
A-20184-72361 Advanced Vehicle Systems Core EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jun 23, 2021
A-20269-04029 Transmission Calibration EngineerCertified - Expired Livonia, MI Jun 17, 2021
A-20268-03701 Transmission Calibration EngineerCertified - Expired Livonia, MI Jun 17, 2021
A-20323-22751 Software Developer-- Systems Software Performance and StabilityCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Jun 15, 2021
A-20304-14850 Software Engineer-Robotic Vision--Driver Assistant TechnologyCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 15, 2021
A-20302-13998 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER-AUDIO TECHNOLOGIESCertified - Expired ALLEN PARK, MI Jun 15, 2021
A-20283-09099 ANALYTICS SCIENTISTCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 15, 2021
A-20280-07814 Global Program AnalystCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 15, 2021
A-21034-48644 Infotainment Feature Tester – Quality AssuranceWithdrawn Allen Park, MI Jun 14, 2021
A-20309-16608 Data ScientistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 14, 2021
A-20309-16564 Analytics ScientistCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 14, 2021
A-20315-19022 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 11, 2021
A-20304-14878 MBD Vehicle Controls Implementation EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 8, 2021
A-20308-16190 Embedded Software EngineerCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 8, 2021
A-20303-14513 Product Development EngineerCertified - Expired Allen Park, MI Jun 8, 2021
A-20297-12771 Global Capacity Planning AnalystCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 8, 2021
A-20323-22523 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Taylor, MI Jun 7, 2021
A-20308-16289 Analytics Engagement AnalystCertified - Expired Dearborn, MI Jun 7, 2021

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.